Pencil gripper



June 19, 1928, 1,674,260 v B. M. PALMER PENCIL GRIPPER Filed April 6, 1927 ""1 6 I /0 ii I 8 ii 11 Fly! 1 I,

I 76 v 4 I v 3 I ENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented June 19, 1928.

' UNITED STATES PATE T- OFFICE.

' BERNARD m rammmor JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, assienon TO THE 1mm mm column, or rmnsvnnn, Wiscons n, A conrona'rron or gwrsconsm.

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Application sled April 5,

'My invention relates that class of devices described in the application of Walter Guyot, Serial No. 83.85 7 filed January 26;

' 1926,.and has for its ob ect'to provide a device which can be used in a pen recelvmg receptacle in which means for gripping a pencil is not provided.

' My means for accomglishlng the foregoing object can -be more rea 11y comprehended by having-reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a pen receiv- Fig. 2 is a cross-sect1on, show1ng my device attached; 0 v

Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are detall'views.

Similar reference numerals refer sim- -ilar parts throughout the entire description.

1 As shown in the drawings, the en receiving receptacle comprises a c lin rical portion 1 and a ball 2, the ball 2 ing provided with a neck or stem 3, upon which are cut threads 4 which are fitted to internal threads 5-cut on the inside of the cylindrical port on 1. An annular shoulder 6 is formed- Inside of the cylindrical rtion 1 and ad]acent 1ts upper end, which 1s provided with a flaring portion 7 to facilitate the entry of a pen. Within the cylindrical portion 1 of the pen receiving receptacle I mount a slotted sleeve 8, which maybe formed of fibre, or of any other materlal suitable for this purpose. The top of this sleeve is provided with a flaring portion 9, which coincldes so withthe flaring ortion 7 on the upper end of the cylindrica portion 1 so as to provide a continuous slant fromthe outside to the entrance into the pencil gripping device.

The sleeve 8 is provided with an inwardly 4 extending annular portion. 10, the diameterof 'which coincides with the diameter of the body portion of a pencil 11. A slot 12 is pro-. vided in the sleeve 8, to impart the desired amount of resiliency to the pencil gripping 5 device. v

' Adjacent the lower end of the (pencil. 'gri per 8 and intermediate the en 13 of .t e neck or stem 3, I mount a stop 12, which is providedwith a peripheral flan e 14 which rests upon the end 13 of the nec .or stem 3. This stop v 12 is rovi'ded .with a central aperture 16 whic is tapered to fit .the pointed part of the pencil 11.

pencil.

1927. Serial No. 181,416

From this construction, it will be apparent that it is a comparatively simple matter to utilize this improvement. Allone needs to do is to unscrew the cylindrical portion 1 of the pen receiving receptacle from the threaded neck or stem 3, when the slotted pencil grip Per 8 and the stop 12 can be placed in position within the cylindrical ortion 1, andthe whole tightened to ether y screwing the neck or stem 3 into t e in- I ternal threads 5 on the inside of the cylindrical portion 1. T his serves to bind all .the parts firmly together, yet a. pencil can be very satisfactorily held. therein.

Having thus described my invention, what.

.I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A pencil receiving receptacle formed in two parts, an internal shoulder adjacent one end, a slotted sleeve mounted in said receptacle which engages said shoulder, an inwa'rdly extending annular portion at the top of said sleeve which fits the body of a pencil,

a stop having-a central tapered aperture which fits the pencil. point, said SlSOp. being held in place by the sleeve.

2. A pencil receiving receptacle two parts, threaded together, an internal shoulder adjacent one end, a slotted sleeve formed in mounted in. said receptacle, the top of which engages said shoulder, the top of. said pencil j receptacle having a flaring portion, the to of said sleeve having'a flaring portion whic coincides with the flaring portion on the pencil receiving receptacle, aninwardly extending annular portion at the top of said sleeve which fits the body portion of a pencil, a stop having a central taperedaperture which fits the point ofthe pencil, a peripheral flange on said stop which abuts the lower end of thesleeve and the top of the pencil receiving receptacle, whereby said stop is heldfirmly in position.

3. A pencil receiving receptacle formed in two parts, having an internal shoulder adjacent one end, a resilient sleeve mounted in said receptacle which engages said shoulder, a stop at the lower end -of said sleeve having a central tapered aperture which fits the point of a pencll, an annular ortion on said sleeve. which engages the b0 y of said BERNARD M. PALMER. 

